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After the latest storm hit one Mount Prospect neighborhood, residents knew what to do: They dragged out thick power cables, half a dozen in all, and snaked them across the street, connecting one home to another. Those on the west side of South Pine Street had lost power — again, residents said. So the "haves" on the east side once again shared electricity with neighbors still cleaning up from a storm in June. "It's sort of an understood pact that this block has," said Jim Gudritz, 49. Next door, a family was on vacation, he said Tuesday.

A woman who said she was attacked in downtown Crystal Lake earlier this month made up the story, police say. The woman said she was walking alone in an alley on the east side of North Williams Street on June 6 when she was attacked by a man with a gun. Investigators re-interviewed the woman this week after finding inconsistencies with her account of what happened, Deputy Chief Eugene Lowery said. She admitted to fabricating the story. Read more in TribLocal

A small bouquet lay at the end of the 1100 block of West Blackhawk Street, where the street reaches the edge of the Chicago River, roughly marking the spot where 25-year-old model Irma Sabanovic's car plunged into the river two weeks ago. On the opposite bank, concrete barriers and a stop sign form a more substantial monument to a talented young person who, like Sabanovic, apparently misread an optical illusion created by the steep drop-off at...

To prevent vehicles from plunging into the murky water, city workers installed concrete barriers and reflective signs Monday where a Goose Island side street dead-ends at the east bank of the Chicago River. Lorraine Roman said she considers the work nearly 20 years overdue. Roman's son, Rick, died in 1992 when the cab he was driving shot through a dead end on the opposite side of the river and into the water. Concrete barriers and a stop sign were later installed where Roman's cab entered the water on the west bank, but no protective measures were placed on the east bank.

1. Why is the South Side neighborhood southeast of Pershing Road and Halsted Street called Canaryville? According to the "Encyclopedia of Chicago," the name may refer to "sparrows who populated the area at the end of the 19th century, feeding off stockyard refuse and grain from railroad cars." But the name may also relate to the neighborhood's tough youths, known as "wild canaries." 2. The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, located along the lakefront from 56th to 67th streets, made the South Side home to many "firsts": the first Ferris wheel, the first sales of a treat later called Cracker Jack, and the debut of a fictional pancake maker named Aunt Jemima.

Ordinarily, the Naperville City Council's consideration of installing new sidewalks in six places in Naperville to improve safety would be an uncontroversial, if not perfunctory, decision. However, in an uncertain economic environment during which the city has laid off more than three dozen employees in the last two years and scrutinized every expense, the idea of spending $150,000 on six sidewalk segments in town sparked a debate at the City Council on Tuesday night. Sidewalk proponents ultimately prevailed, with the council voting 5-3 to move forward with constructing the six segments.

TOLEDO — What makes an American Idol most? A great story? A great talent? To understand the phenomenon that is, or will be, Crystal Bowersox, to trace the roots of this 24-year-old Midwest singer — from microscopic rural patches of Northwest Ohio to Chicago train platforms where she busked for tips, from the dingiest old-man dives to the glare of "American Idol," where she now stands a real shot at winning, or at least walking away...

Patricia Carlson,nee Lawrence, age 78, late of Grove, OK, formerly of the East Side. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. Carlson; sister Marie Reinke; and brother Robert Lawrence. She is survived by her son, Robert (Marcia) Carlson; daughters Susan Egan, and Cynthia Carlson; and son Michael Carlson; grandchildren Joseph and Robert Carlson, Christina , Rebecca, and Joseph Pijanowski; sisters Joan (Donald) DeCero, Ruth Coffey, and Carol Lawrence. Sister-in-law Elaine (James)